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DEAN JOHN CRAIG
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 2, 1947 – December 17, 1967
Service recordDean John Craig, of Pasadena, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pioneer (12A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 2, 1947
- Home of record
- Pasadena, Maryland (Anne Arundel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 14
- AUSTIN RICHARD VONKLEISTSergeant First Class · December 16, 1967
- JAMES WILLIAM WESTPrivate First Class · December 16, 1967
- WILLIAM GILBERT WILKINSONChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 16, 1967
- RICHARD ALLAN HOUSECorporal · December 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BARRY LEE RUNYONSpecialist Four · Panel 32E, Line 15
From Pasadena
- GORDON JAMES DEITZ JRPrivate First Class · July 4, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BROWNCorporal · July 31, 1966
- DONALD ERNEST JONESPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- EDWARD ALLEN BOARDMANCaptain · April 1, 1968
- ALLEN LEE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 9, 1968
- LEE RAYMOND BRUCE JRPrivate First Class · January 11, 1969
- BOBBY DALE ROGERSLance Corporal · January 31, 1969
- HARRY NELSON STONESIFERSpecialist Four · April 30, 1969
- MICHAEL LEE HARPLance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ROBERT LOUIS BOLANMaster Sergeant · July 24, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.